Ser uña y carne
To be extremely close
Desde que entraron en la uni son uña y carne: si invitas a Laura, ya sabes que viene Marta también.
You'd say it, for example, when you notice that two colleagues at work are inseparable even during coffee breaks and always show up together in group plans.
Literally 'nail and flesh': two things stuck together, inseparable, which is why it's used to say that two people are very close, always together, or understand each other perfectly. The image comes from the physical (the nail adhered to the skin), and in Spain it's very common; in some places you'll also hear 'ser uña y mugre' (more colloquial and slightly cruder). It sounds warm and everyday, so it fits better in informal conversation than in formal contexts.
"Ser uña y carne" does not mean to be very stubborn, to be openly dishonest, to be in a bad mood. It specifically means "To be extremely close".
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